'It is a much more formidable and difficult task to relate a historical tragedy than to take part in it.' [citation needed]

'Ideology in the Soviet Union is both dead, and very much alive! Dead at the level of faith; alive as an indispensable rationale of policy.' [citation needed]

'Normal life cannot sustain revolutionary attitudes for long.' [citation needed]

'The terrible thing is that one cannot be a Communist and not let oneself in for the shameful act of recantation. One cannot be a Communist and preserve an iot…